Food: nutritious substance, especially solid in form, ingested to maintain life and growth
In today’s day and age there is overwhelming pressure to be thin from society and pop culture. Food has transformed from a daily necessity to many peoples worst enemy. There are millions willing to give it up, throw it up, in order to feel thin.
the song I played during my presentation:
it started out as a secret
and turns into an addiction
to cover for it all
the doctor said its mental and theres nothing we can do
but tell her that shes beautiful in every way
CHORUS:
i can see that the best surrounds you
the best defines you
and we all know its true
your sick and your starting to look thin
i want to scream but i’ll never make a sound
i can see that the best surrounds you
the best defines you
and we all know its true
your sick and i’m starting to think twice
but i dont know if i’ll ever make a sound
the food could not stay long enough
to settle in those veins
and come up through her neck
the only medicine right for her wait its on the kitchen table
but she never believed in medicine anyway
CHORUS
theres some things i don’t think they know and i don’t
know if i want to know everything thats true
we have problems and we try and hide them
a killing silence is eating its way through
we just get there
CHORUS
you had a secret and you tried to hide it
we all denied it, what we all knew was true
well your sick and your starting to look thin
i should have screamed but i never made a sound
well i should have made a sound
i never made a sound
if i could take things back i could see my old self try and make a sound
BULIMIA
•Bulimia Nervosa: a serious, potentially life-threatening eating disorder characterized by a cycle of bingeing and compensatory behaviors such as self-induced vomiting designed to undo or compensate for the effects of binge eating
JUST THE STATS
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About Bulimia Nervosa: •In the United States, as many as 10 million females and 1 million males are fighting a life and death battle with an eating disorder such as anorexia or bulimia. •Because of the secretiveness and shame associated with eating disorders, MILLIONS of cases are not reported •Approximately 80% of bulimia nervosa patients are female •For females between fifteen to twenty-four years old who suffer from BULIMIA, the death rate associated with the illness is twelve times higher than the death rate of ALL other causes of death •Only 6% of people with bulimia receive mental health care •The majority of people with severe eating disorders do not receive adequate care •SPEAK UP
